‘Plane’ Sequel ‘Ship’ Announced With Mike Colter To Return As Lead

A sequel to Plane (2023) has been announced with the title Ship. Director of Plane, Jean-François, will be returning as an executive producer alongside MadRiver Pictures, Di Bonaventura Pictures, and G-BASE Productions. (Via Deadline)

Plane (2023) follows Brodie Torrance (Gerald Butler), a pilot forced to make an emergency crash landing on an island. Torrance has to team up with Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter) when they discover their island is in the middle of a war zone with hostiles who want to hold the passengers of the commercial flight hostage.

According to Deadline, Gerald Butler will not star in this new film but may have a cameo. The lead of Ship will be Mike Colter. Colter is well known for his role in Netflix’s Luke Cage (2016-2018),  Evil (2019), and Men In Black (2012).

“The story will pick up where Gaspare’s storyline left off — with the legionnaire disappearing into the jungles of Jolo Island. Following a high-octane showdown with the local militia on Jolo’s shores, Gaspare manages to commandeer a fishing boat and escape the Philippines. But the media circus surrounding Flight 119 has elevated his public profile, making him the subject of an international manhunt. Hoping to stay under the radar and get far away from his last known location, Gaspare hops aboard a cargo ship in East Asia that’s bound for South Africa. As he settles in for a long voyage, the stowaway discovers that the ocean vessel is transporting more than goods — it’s also being used as a ferry for a human trafficking ring.

Together with the ship’s second mate/navigator, a last-minute addition to the crew who was unaware of its illicit activities, and a passenger with military experience and a bone to pick, Gaspare embarks on a mission to take down the ship’s corrupt Captain, keep its innocent passengers safe, and liberate its captives.” (Via Deadline)

In Plane, Colter’s character Louis is being extradited after murdering someone fifteen years ago. The specifics of this homicide are not explored besides Louis saying something like, “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” This new sequel gives a lot of potential to explore Louis’s backstory while showing what the new future holds for him.